The Travel and Religion in Antiquity book (edited by Philip A. Harland) has now been released by Wilfrid Laurier University press.

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Companion website: You can access the companion website here, where you can see the book information, read two sample chapters (by me), and view online bibliographies.

Here I discuss first-century Judean concepts relating to an anointed one, or messiah, particularly a kingly messiah, and discuss contemporary figures who were viewed as kings. This is part of series 5 (The Historical Jesus in Context) of the Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean podcast.

Podcast 5.14: Jesus as a Messianic King? (mp3; archive.org page with various downloading options here).

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